Shot of the Week: Love and Traffic in Los Angeles (USA)

Ian and I have set forth on a new photo challenge for the new year — a 365 project — with the goal of taking one photo each day for a year. And guess what that means for our shot of the week post series… This year it’ll be even better!

Our first choice is actually not one photo, but two. It’s a combination of a long exposure image of the 118 freeway at night in L.A. and a silhouette image of the two of us just before sunset on the Rocky Peak Trail in Simi Valley.

Both photos were taken with the Sony a7s and Sony 55mm f/1.8, and we combined the two using Adobe Photoshop. Want to learn this photo technique? Ian will soon be posting a tutorial on our new creative photography website, The Photon Collective, launching next month!

I hope you enjoyed this shot of the week and you’re loving the new year as much as we are! Check back next week or subscribe on the right for more photos and videos from our travels.

About the Author

Diana Southern

In March 2014, Diana called it quits on her traditional American working life and set out to explore the world with her partner in crime (and love of her life) Ian Norman. They now live a sustainable life of full time travel, working for themselves and seeking adventure at the same time. Here on North to South, Diana documents their journey in achieving and maintaining this "road less traveled" way of life.

Thanks Ryan. Ian and I had a lot of fun planning and shooting for this image. We’re really happy with how it turned out (and it was actually really easy)!

I definitely understand having a plethora of photography backed up. I currently have a ton of project and post ideas that I’ve already shot photos for, but the projects and posts haven’t happened yet… so I’ve got lots of photos I plan to use “soon.” The 365 project is helping with that, since the whole idea is that you actually have to post the photo you take that day. It helps keep us focused as photographers.

Let us know when you post your Fiji photos. I’d love to see them! (Ian’s been there already, but it’s still on my list.) I hear it’s an amazing place.

And should you decide to embark on a photo-a-day journey, good luck and have fun. 🙂 Thanks for reading.